Energy analyst Joe McMonagle, former chief of staff at the Department of Energy, expects oil prices to rise over the next few months. Is this belief reliable enough to bet on? While both investing and trading both place bets on the direction of a security, this doesn’t mean that we can just put our money […]

We’ve been speaking about how risky bonds are right now and to expect a significant pullback. Few bond investors really understand even why such things should matter to them. It takes very little understanding of bonds or markets to get why the run-up that we’ve seen with bonds over the last year should concern us, […]

While we recently ran an article explaining why dividends never make sense, a lot of stocks offer them. We don’t want to just shun them, but they need to earn their keep. If we are attracted to the idea of investing in higher dividend stocks, as many people either were already or have become more […]

Wednesday, November 6 has been a date that has been looming with Uber stock since it debuted in May. That day is now here, and a flood of supply is now in the mix. During an IPO, some of the shares of a company get offered for sale at the issue price, which gets bought […]

Apple had a fabulous fourth quarter and easily beat the expectations on the street. The 5G iPhone is at least a year away, and in the meantime, China is rolling out 5G now. In spite of just rolling out a stellar quarterly earnings call, which saw Apple earn $3.04 per share versus the consensus estimate […]

Several U.S. fund managers are starting to eye European stocks in spite of how poorly this region has performed for a long time. Is it time for us to start considering them as well? Many people may be familiar with the concept of opportunity cost in economics, perhaps remembering it from a course they may […]

In terms of the leading Democratic presidential candidates, Joe Biden clearly appears to be the least damaging to the stock market, but this does not mean there won’t be any. Compared to the impact of wealth taxes, raising the capital gains tax on those whose income is $1 million or more would certainly be low-impact […]

In the space of only a few months, commercial real estate company WeWork has gone from a promising looking IPO to on their deathbed. They have some tough decisions. The concept behind WeWork, allowing for more efficient use of commercial space by allowing them to be shared among users, sure sounded like a good idea […]

The market simply has not liked the much leaner Fox Corp. stock that first hit the market on March 13. After giving back a quarter of its initial trading price, it may be worth a look. It didn’t seem like the $38.60 that the new version of Fox traded at back in March was too […]

Stocks rallied Thursday due to increased hopes that the Federal Reserve may lower rates later this month. Friday brought us a solid jobs report, which pushed them up further. Many economics hold the belief that unemployment below a certain level, 5.5% generally, it causes too much inflation that may need to be managed. They believe […]